Page 20: Historical Events In 1945

Sep 04   US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan.   

Sep 06   A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended   

Sep 06   John S Mccain, US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies.   

Sep 07   Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender.   

Sep 08   US invades Japanese-held Korea   

Sep 09   Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies.   

Sep 10   KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA).   

Sep 10   Vaino Raitio, composer, dies at 54.   

Sep 10   Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis   

Sep 15   A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond   

Sep 15   Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61.   

Sep 16   Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low).   

Sep 16   John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80   

Sep 18   1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration.   

Sep 19   Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea   

Sep 19   Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London.   

Sep 20   German rocket engineers begin work in US   

Sep 22   Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches.   

Sep 25   Bela Bartok, composer, dies at 64.   

Sep 26   All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid   

Sep 26   Béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64   

Sep 30   In this year, Hank Greenberg's final day HR claims pennant for Tigers   

Oct 01   Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army   

Oct 01   Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73.   

Oct 03   Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10   

Oct 03   World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member.   

Oct 05   "Meet the Press" premieres on radio.   

Oct 06   Gen Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train)   

Oct 07   Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes   

Oct 08   Herman T Colenbrander, historian, dies at 73   

Oct 08   Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada   

Oct 09   British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal   

Oct 10   Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series   

Oct 11   Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung   

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Jan 03   Stephen stills: Dallas tx, songwriter/guitarist (cosby stills & nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria principal: Fukuoka japan, actress (earthquake, pamela-dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay dee maness: Loma linda ca, singer (desert rose band-love reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-matti loiri: Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard r. schrock: American chemist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Sam wyche: Nfl coach (cincinnati bengals)   

Jan 05   Chuck mckinley: U.s. tennis player    

Jan 05   Roger spottiswoode: Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit nejedly: Composer,   

Jan 02   Betram home ramsay: Engl adm/cmdr naval forces (normandy),   

Jan 03   Fyodor akimenko: Composer,   

Jan 06   Vladimir vernadsky: Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] p thijsse: Dutch biologist (omgang met planten),   

Jan 09   Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf borchardt: Writer,    

Jan 14   Sandor vandor: Composer,